I Believe I Am An Honorable Man.

...the Very Notion That A Candidate Should Openly Solicit Votes Violated The Principled Presumption That Such Behavior Itself Represented A Confession Of Unworthiness For National Office.

I Deeply Regret Having Let Stand And Later Confirming The Assumption That I Went To Vietnam. For This And Any Other Distortions About My Personal Life, I Want To Apologize To My Family, Friends, Colleagues And Students. Beyond That Circle, However, I Shall Have No Further Comment.

[quoting Someone Else] The American Constitution Is A Document Designed By Geniuses To Be Eventually Interpreted By Idiots

Chronology, So The Saying Goes, Is The Last Refuge Of The Feeble-minded And The Only Resort For Historians.

Even In The Best Of Lives, Mistakes Are Made.